YARN AND YARN MANUFACTURING-Types of Fibres-4.1.1

YARN MANUFACTURING

An assemblage of fibres that is twisted or laid together so as to form a continuous strand
that can be made into a textile fabric. So a yarn is a strand of natural or man-made fibres or
filaments that have been twisted or grouped together for use in weaving, knitting, or other
methods of constructing textile fabrics. The type of yarn to be manufactured will depend on
the fibres selected; the texture, or hand, of the fabric to be made; and qualities such as
warmth, resiliency, softness, and durability required in the fabric's end uses.



Types of Fibres:
All the textile fibres are classified according to their staple length into two categories, such
as
staple fibre and filament.


  • Staple fibres:  It has a limited length that varies according to the type, such as cotton, wool, jute etc.There are two types of staple fibre, one is short staple fibre another one is long staple
    fibre. Cotton is mainly short staple fibre and other maximum natural fibres are long
    staple except silk. Silk is only natural fibre that is filament.
     

  • Filament:  It has continuous length that means the length of filament is equal to the length of yarn.All man-made fibres are filament. Man-made fibres are produced as filament, although
    they used as staple fibres if necessary. So filaments are used as staple fibre but staple
    fibres never used as filament.
     

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